Sen. Kimberly Yee, R-Phoenix, has killed legisation to increase funding for a program that trains people to intervene when someone is suicidal or could pose harm to others–like Jared Loughner, the Tucson shooter. She used a procedural maneuver to kill a bill that has widespread and bipartisan support, saying she was “trying to maintain the integrity of the process.”
I maintain that the only one lacking integrity here is Kimberly Yee. I hope her constituents in District 20–northern Phoenix and parts of Glendale–are also outraged that the ONE bill that offered some hope against future mass shootings in Arizona was crushed under her heel.
I hope the rest of the legislature shows the kind of INTEGRITY Arizona demands on this issue and ignores Sen. Yee and reinstates this bill, and funds it to make sure we have this level of protection.
And Sen. Yee: You couldn’t be any more wrongheaded in killing this bill.